Ezekiel 42:14
in Ezekiel 42Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which pertaineth to the people.
KJV
When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
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This verse in Ezekiel 42
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThey shall lay their garments wherein they minister - The priests were not permitted to wear their roles in the outer court. These vestments were to be used only when they ministered; and when they had done, they were to deposit them in one of the chambers mentioned in the thirteenth verse.
This site's exposition
the holy chambers where the priests
on Ezekiel 42:13-14
These are “the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings”. There the priests leave “the garments in which they minister, for these are holy,” and put on other clothes. What serves at the altar stays out of the outer court.
This site's exposition
they must not go out into the outer court
Adam Clarke explains that the priests kept their vestments for ministry only and stored them in these chambers when they finished. Ezekiel 44:19 repeats the rule and gives its reason. Holiness stays where it belongs, and the people are kept from contact with what only priests may wear.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 13, 14.) And he said to me: The treasuries of the North and the treasuries of the South, which are before the separated building, these are the holy treasuries in which the priests who approach the Lord in the Most Holy Place eat. There they shall put the Most Holy Place, and the offering for sin and for guilt. For it is a holy place. But when the priests enter, they shall not go out from the holy place to the outer court, and there they shall put on their garments in which they minister, for they are holy.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
When the priests enter therein,....
There the priests were to deposit the most holy things, those parts of the offerings which fell to their share; and there they were to eat them, they and their families, in a religious manner, for the place is holy; and thus they must make a difference between those feasts upon the sacrifice and other meals.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Compare Lev 16:23. Those things which are for the people - namely, the outer court.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
When the priests arrive, etc. Once they enter those chambers to eat.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּבֹאָ֣ם | bevoam | when go they | H935 → | 2568 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֵצְא֤וּ | yetzeu | they will go out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מֵהַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ | mehakodesh | from the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הֶחָצֵ֣ר | hechatzer | the courtyard | H2691 → | 191 times |
| הַחִיצוֹנָ֔ה | hachitzonah | <the> outer | H2435 → | 25 times |
| וְשָׁ֞ם | vesham | and there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| יַנִּ֧יחוּ | yanichu | they will set down | H5117 → | 142 times |
| בִגְדֵיהֶ֛ם | vigdeihem | clothes their | H899 → | 217 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יְשָׁרְת֥וּ | yesharetu | they will serve | H8334 → | 97 times |
| בָהֶ֖ן | vahen | in them | ||
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| קֹ֣דֶשׁ | kodesh | [are] a holy thing | H6944 → | 469 times |
| הֵ֑נָּה | henah | they | H2007 → | 30 times |
| וְלָבְשׁוּ֙ | veyilbeshu | and they will put on | H3847 → | 110 times |
| בְּגָדִ֣ים | begadim | clothes | H899 → | 217 times |
| אֲחֵרִ֔ים | ʾacherim | other | H312 → | 166 times |
| וְקָרְב֖וּ | vekarevu | and they will draw near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לָעָֽם׃ | laam | [is] for the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
בְּבֹאָ֣םwhen go they
bevoamH935 →2568 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יֵצְא֤וּthey will go out
yetzeuH3318 →1067 times
מֵהַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙from the holy place
mehakodeshH6944 →469 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הֶחָצֵ֣רthe courtyard
hechatzerH2691 →191 times
הַחִיצוֹנָ֔ה<the> outer
hachitzonahH2435 →25 times
וְשָׁ֞םand there
veshamH8033 →834 times
יַנִּ֧יחוּthey will set down
yanichuH5117 →142 times
בִגְדֵיהֶ֛םclothes their
vigdeihemH899 →217 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יְשָׁרְת֥וּthey will serve
yesharetuH8334 →97 times
בָהֶ֖ןin them
vahen
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
קֹ֣דֶשׁ[are] a holy thing
kodeshH6944 →469 times
הֵ֑נָּהthey
henahH2007 →30 times
וְלָבְשׁוּ֙and they will put on
veyilbeshuH3847 →110 times
בְּגָדִ֣יםclothes
begadimH899 →217 times
אֲחֵרִ֔יםother
ʾacherimH312 →166 times
וְקָרְב֖וּand they will draw near
vekarevuH7126 →280 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֲשֶׁ֥ר[that] which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לָעָֽם׃[is] for the people
laamH5971 →1873 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom…
it leads to
- Revelation 19:7–8
Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
- Psalms 132:9
May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.
- Philippians 3:9
and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- Psalms 132:16
I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.
- Revelation 21:2
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Revelation 19:7–8
Through
Ezekiel 44:19When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 46:20
and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring…
- Leviticus 6:27
Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in a holy place.
- Ezekiel 46:20
Through
Leviticus 8:7He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He tied the woven band of the ephod around him and fastened…
it leads to
- Isaiah 61:10
I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 61:10
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.